I took a long time to decide if the 8.6 was the right size for my truck. I really wanted a V but the money wasn't there for it, so I figured the 8.6 is the same width as the V but a hundred pounds lighter. I may have some trouble with aprons, but it is only a foot wider than my last plow and I never had a problem with that one. I will just have to nibble away at it, if it is bad.
I paid $4450.00 after tax for the whole setup, uninstalled. The spreader was like $1200 I think, not sure, just know the final price of both. I took a quote from snowplowsupply.com to my dealer and he tried his best to come close. He originally quoted me 5200.00 for both, until he found out he knew my grandpa and I showed him the quote from sps.
I had no idea that uninstalled meant that you would get a moldboard and about eight boxs of parts. It looked intimidating, but 3.5 of us and a bunch beer had it together in about 4hrs including running around to find a wrench for the pivot bolt (it is really fricken big).
I got to push slush with it friday night. We had about 2-3 on the ground and then the wind from the lake warmed it up to 35 degrees and it all melted. I live about 4 miles inland, not in snowbelt country though. I pushed some at a church to get the cobwebs out, I couldn't charge them for having fun.
Jeff